Family

In 2019 we all gathered together in Madrid for a family wedding. It was a fascinating holiday enjoyed by several branches of the family and prompted me to turned my thoughts to family matters, in addition to recording my several cycling rides. Before the evening wedding ceremony we went site-seeing to Manzanares el Real and spent some time at the castle. The banner photograph at the head of this page was taken at the top.

New Castle of Manzanares el Real
Its construction began in 1475 on a Romanesque-Mudéjar hermitage and today is one of the best preserved castles of the Community of Madrid. It was raised on the river Manzanares, as a residential palace of the House of Mendoza, in the vicinity of an ancient fortress that was abandoned once the new castle was built.
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